Using Logical Boards; Unloading Logical Boards - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Using Logical Boards

Unloading Logical Boards

A LAN driver can be loaded with multiple frame types. Each instance of a
LAN driver and an associated frame type is one logical board. Therefore,
while there might be only one physical network board in the server with one
LAN driver, there can be multiple logical boards.
For example, if your server contains an NE2000
NE2000 LAN driver with frame types Ethernet_802.2 and Ethernet_II. In this
situation there is one physical board and one LAN driver, but there are two
logical boards.
In older versions of NetWare, you could not unload individual logical boards.
To remove a particular logical board, you had to unload the LAN driver, which
in turn deactivated all network adapters associated with the LAN driver, and
also unloaded all the frame types associated with the driver. You then had to
reload the driver for each board you wanted to use and each frame type you
wanted to keep. On large networks this process was extremely time
consuming.
In NetWare, you can now unload, shut down, and reset individual logical
boards, and also remove or reset individual adapters associated with a LAN
driver.
1
Determine the logical board number or name.
A name can be assigned to a logical board when the board is loaded with
the LOAD command. If no name was assigned to the board, you can
determine the logical board number by using MONITOR.
1a
At the server console prompt, load MONITOR.
1b
Select LAN/WAN Drivers and highlight the desired LAN driver.
A screen is displayed containing the logical board numbers and other
data associated with the driver. Note the logical board number you
want to unload.
2
Enter the following at the server console prompt:
REMOVE NETWORK INTERFACE board_number | board_name
Specify either the logical board number or the board name. NetWare
unloads the logical board and deletes its resources.
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